Alameda County Reentry Network Annual Plan

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Alameda County Reentry Network Annual Plan
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Overview of Annual Plan

• STRUCTURE
• PURPOSE FOR DECISION MAKERS
• PURPOSE FOR REENTRY NETWORK

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Structure of Annual Plan

• Executive Summary
• Reentry Network Priorities
• Changes in Reentry Population in Alameda County
• Current Reentry Related Policies
• Updates on Services and Programs related to
  reentry
• Accomplishments of the Reentry Network

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Purpose for Decision Makers Committee

• Executive Summary and Priorities document provide
  concise overview of reentry in Alameda County
• Full report provides more detailed information
  for staff members working on reentry

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Purpose for Reentry Network

• Living document continually updated
• Incorporates the most current information on
  reentry in Alameda County
• Resource for new and emerging programs

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Annual Plan

• CURRENT STATUS
• ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHALLENGES

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III IV. Reentry Population and Policies

• Accomplishments
• Collected baseline numbers on reentry population
  in Alameda County
• Tracking reentry related policies and publicizing
  them on the website
• Challenges
• No formal data sharing agreement between Reentry
  Network and CDCR and Alameda County Probation

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V. Services and Programs

• Accomplishments
• Health Task Force conducted thorough analysis of
  Reentry Health Care in Alameda County
• Began to create an online resource directory
  which will be completed during the upcoming year
• Income and Employment Task Force will begin as
  soon as resources are available
• Challenges
• Collecting data and information is labor
  intensive
• Supply and demand information is difficult to
  accurately estimate

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VI. Task Forces

• Accomplishments
• Health Task Force was completed in March 2008
• Established a template for the Task Forces that
  will be used for future task forces
• Employment Task Force planning has begun and will
  begin convening as soon as resources are acquired
• Challenges
• Resources
• Collecting data

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VI. Networking and Professional Development

• Accomplishments
• Held session on financial planning tools that may
  be useful to formerly incarcerated clients
• Members are working with Santa Rita Jail and
  Supervisor Mileys office to establish a debit
  card program that would issue debit cards instead
  of cash upon release
• Supporting the Oakland Private Industry Councils
  Reentry One-stop Activities
• Challenges
• Resources
• Staffing capacity

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VI. Implementation Committee

• Accomplishments
• Obtained CDCR data for Measure Y program
  providers
• Began to identify administrative and policy
  barriers to employment of the formerly
  incarcerated
• Obtained state resources to allow Measure Y to
  begin providing services at Santa Rita County
  jail and to non-Oakland residents
• Challenges
• Staffing changes

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VI. Coordinating Council

• Accomplishments
• Developed Reentry Network structure and process
  of two-way information sharing
• Created website www.acreentry.org
• Received presentations and provided feedback to
  new programs such as the Community Service
  Gateway Project
• Developed priorities document based on input and
  feedback from the entire Reentry Network
• Challenges
• Promoting the network and establishing systems of
  communication
• Expanding membership